Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Stella Hurt - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011 Lyrics

Lyrics Stella Hurt - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011 - Elvis Costello & The Imposters



You should wear your red galoshes
Walking o'er the city pride
Streets are paved with heaven's pennies
Gutters full of suicides
Teddy steadily fell from grace
Somewhere near Arcadia
Once she overheard a voice
That she didn't hear on the radio
Velvet gloves and country clubs
Were never going to hold her
Ringing the necks of silly southern belles
Who wanted to scold her
Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song, red alert
Who made Stella hurt?
Teddy soon dropped out of sight
Turned up in another town
Changed her name for the spotlight
Singing like a blue bird in a sequin gown
She finally fell and married well
But I knew it wouldn't last
Reversing back into the limelight
No one ever saw her even half plastered
Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song, red alert
Who made Stella hurt?
Then she saw those soldier boys
Throw their bonnets in the air
Self-made men would pledge their fortunes
And dream of her and dream of her
Generals in the commissary
Opened up a case of wine
Checked the perfume of the cork
Said, "Made in 1929"
They used her up, to raise morale
For money and Old Glory
Her voice was shot beyond repair
But this is not the last act of this story
The night is black as cracked shellac
Abandoned in an attic
Stella is silent as the grave
Until the needle drags her through the static
Don't bring me down
I'm trouble bound
Blue song, red alert
Who made Stella hurt?



Writer(s): ELVIS COSTELLO


Elvis Costello & The Imposters - The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook
Album The Return Of The Spectacular Spinning Songbook
date of release
01-01-2011

1 Tear Off Your Own Head (It's A Doll Revolution) - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
2 Stella Hurt - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
3 Man Out Of Time - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
4 God Give Me Strength - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
5 Everyday I Write The Book - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
6 National Ransom - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
7 All Grown Up - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
8 Lipstick Vogue - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
9 I Want You - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
10 I Hope You're Happy Now - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
11 Watching The Detectives - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
12 Mystery Dance - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
13 Heart Of The City - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
14 Radio Radio - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
15 Out Of Time - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011
16 (What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love And Understanding - Live At The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA/2011




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